Sharon Martin

VP, Marketing

Sharon, a third-generation San Josean, holds a bachelors degree from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont and did her masters research in empirical psychology at San Jose State University. In 2008, she retired after 23 years as a program … Read More

Hester O’Gara

Librarian

Hester was born in Northern Ireland, grew up in Pennsylvania, and studied fine arts at Queens College in New York. She has been employed in art, television and film production, and law. She has served in civic and philanthropic work, … Read More

Patricia Vucurevich

Office Manager

Patricia was born in Boston and earned a B.S. in Marketing from New Hampshire College. She and her husband Ted came to California in 1993. Patricia has taken classes at the Institute since 2006, and her two sons, Adam and … Read More

Joan Niemeier

Accountant

Joan holds a B.S. in Business (Accounting) from San Jose State University, and earned her CPA Certificate in 1991. She has worked with (and taken classes at) the Institute since 2001. She is in the office on Fridays, assisting us … Read More

Denise Lesondak

Office Associate

Denise moved here from upstate NY in 1993, and became a California girl in one week!  She has worked mainly as a full-time homemaker, interspersed with various part-time administrative assistant and other positions, including being a volunteer EMT. She keeps … Read More

Pat Capshaw

Pat moved from Iowa to Cupertino in 1967. She begin working for HP in 1969 and retired in 1999 with 30 years of service. Most of her career was spent in Human Resources, working in a variety of functions and … Read More